My grandfather lied about his age when he joined the army aged 14 to escape his strict father. He ended up in the Somme. When they went over the top German guns started firing. His Sargent pushed him into a bomb crater. He stayed there shivering. After the guns had stopped he came up and saw his battalion were all dead.

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

This story is both inspiring and terrifying Thank you sincerely for sharing Sinead

I've been to IWM 3x. My last time in an exhibit of walking through WWI trenches. The second was a simulation of sitting on a Underground platform during a bombing. I have never forgotten the experience. Prince Charles had once said that only 46% of British even know their own history of wars on their soil. When I was here I was gathering information for a book I was writing about 3 children evacuated from London to the Yorkshire Dales. I self-published, but it never made the mainstream. 1500 pages of actual events. Best to you, Sinead. Jane, Philadelphia

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Jane! That book sounds absolutely fascinating!

Thanks for bringing the Imperial War Museum to our attention, Sinead. I have a brother who's into the history of war; he'll definitely want to spend a couple hours here during our upcoming trip to London.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

We hope he enjoys it!

The thing that struck me was that in general the people who lived through the privations of those wars were the most stoic , sweet , generous and righteous people you could meet . ✌️🕊️

Hi Sinead during my basic army training we was taken to the imperial war museum just so that we got to know why we decided to serve queen and country (as was in the 1980s), just so we understood what our parents and grandparents had to live through and put up with and to show us why we made the decision to follow in their footsteps so to say

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

This is amazing Tony thank you for sharing Sinead

@grumpygramps1451

Жыл бұрын

So did I, 1987.

My mum was eight years old when the war started, and my dad a little older, both families lived just up the road from the war museum, Kennington underground station was almost a second home to my mum, and the Oval was my dad's "local", before she was evacuated, when an air raid warning sounded they would run like hell to get in the station, sometimes it would be full, and they would all have to get to the down to the Oval station. I was born just opposite the war museum, in a building that was originally Lambeth workhouse, and was converted for use as a hospital after they closed them all down. As kids we spent a lot of time in the museum, i can't tell you how much the place has changed over the years. Thank you for the visit, i really enjoyed it.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Wow - thank you for sharing that with us!

You've given me yet another reason to return for a visit! Thank you again for another lovely walking tour!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

We look forward to seeing you back here, Deborah!

Haven't been to the Imperial War Museum for many years. This video had made me want to go again.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Do it, Robbo!

Fun fact you didn't mention. The IWM is in the building of what was previously the Bethlem Royal Hospital

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Did I not am planning an asylum Tour in the future Liam Sinead

@LiamE69

Жыл бұрын

@@leary210275 I don't think you did and I watched the whole thing... might have missed it though as I'm a cloth eared clot. I'll look forward to that one! Heave a great one Sinead

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

She did mention it - but it got cut from the final version! Soon, we'll have an option for you to see the uncut footage :)

@LiamE69

Жыл бұрын

@@FreeToursbyFootLondon Ahhhh! That'll explain it!

@tobytaylor2154

Жыл бұрын

Bedlam

Thank you for the wonderful video. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the museum on a trip to London several years ago. The museum is a treasure. The most amazing thing I came across is easily missed, almost hidden away in a corner hallway. It's the actual British flag smuggled out of Singapore by some POWs when the city fell and secretly used in POW funerals during the war in one of the Japanese prison camps. Lord Mountbatten had that same flag flown as he accepted the Japanese surrender of Singapore in 1945. I was overwhelmed by being so close to such an amazing piece of history.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Thank you for sharing with us.

Thank you Sinead, what a wonderful museum, another one for my list if I am lucky enough to get back to England for a holiday. Much love from New Zealand x

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

We hope to meet you Karen when you return Sinead

@karenwilliams2118

Жыл бұрын

@@leary210275 Thank you Sinead, that would be amazing x

@daviddew2749

Жыл бұрын

Karen in this museum it mentions a great RAF pilot Colin Gray. No recognition of him being a kiwi. You will also see a Chev truck belonging to the LRDG who had a lot of kiwis also in it but again no recognition.

You used to be able to walk through "Old Fred" cockpit back in the day, so many things changed since I was there last .. 1990 used to be a crystalized woman caught in an atomic blast on display there it was gone for years after .. I just got a 1920's guide book from the IWM.. Granddads medals are on display IWM Duxford Airborne Museum..

@Droodog127

Жыл бұрын

and the IWM building was Bedlam Hospital

That was a great but sad look around in the museum thank you Sinead for taking us inside.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

A good way to describe it. Glad you enjoyed the tour!

Sinead and war musuems, 😍😍😍 am i in heaven??

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

You must be!

An excellent choice for a tour. I haven't been there since my mum took me in the early seventies. Your video has reminded me a visit is long overdue.

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Another hidden gem I must admit Sinead

Incredible history, also very sad, terrific tour Sinead !

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Levi Hope your well ❤

Thank you for this amazing tour, Sinead!

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

A pleasure Maria Thanks for watching Sinead

Thank you so much for the virtual tour. It was fascinating!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

You are most welcome :)

Absolutely an amazing place!! So full of knowledge ❤ Thank you

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Pleased to see you liked it, Leonora!

My first visit was as a child in the 1970s and i was overawed by the 15inch guns and the spitfire..i have been back many times since..thank you for taking us there..🙂👍❤️

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Glad we could bring you back again, Michael!

Thanks Sinead another great tour of this wonderful museum hope we get to visit one day Graeme & Jane (Australia)❤

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

We hope to meet you both one day Sinead

My late father worked in the cinema in the museum in the late 1960s/early 1970s, my sister and I spent most of our school holidays there

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Tony!

Thanks for the tour Sinead! I love the qay you do your bits, in explaining, and, being respectful of others! I eagerly anticipate your next video!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support!

Looking lovely Sinead, thanks for the great tour :)

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your very kind words Sinead

Another amazing narration by Sinead, this place is definitely on our schedule in May 2024

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked this one! There is SO much more we couldn't even show - you will have a great time!

My week is made, another brilliant museum tour with the amazing Sinead. Done with compassion and respect, I might add. Brava.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Glad we could make your week, Karen :)

It's been awhile since I've seen you. Good to see you survived the Coronation. Enjoy your summer and take us with you.

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Heading down again tomorrow Tom for The Trooping the Colour I may as well pay rent there 🤣

@tommcdonald1873

Жыл бұрын

@@leary210275 isn't today Garter day @ Windsor?

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

@@tommcdonald1873 it was Tom yesterday Should have been there will apply for tickets next year

As always a bright spot in my day. Really love when you think outside the box and show new sites. I joined right in the beginning of this channel and look forward to each of your lovely videos. Thank you again❤

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Oh I remember one of our consistent loyal followers Thank you enormously ❤

Now this is somewhere I wouldn't want to miss.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Ай бұрын

It's so underrated!

Such a fascinating video,yet incredibly sad isn’t it. Thank you for this 🙂.❤️🇨🇦

Thank you for showing us this powerful museum. I can't believe you were in New York during 9/11. I was in my 6th grade science class watching it live on the computer. War is so sad.

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Terrifying time New Yorker resilience is astounding though Sinead

Fascinating …great snapshot well done 😊

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed the video! If you haven't done so already, you can hopefully check out our back catalogue of virtual London tours kzread.infovideos. There is more where this came from.

Another great video sinead !!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Wonderful place to visit. Highly recommended

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Agreed, Stephen!

really great video sinnead,very interesting world war 2 video tour.thank you sinead.another great tour.

Sinead you are a woman after my own heart this tour is right up my alley thank you sooo much

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Ah bless you Glenn thanks as always Sinead

Another great tour, and thanks very much Sinead -you could read out the train timetable and make it sound great !

That is my Harrier hanging up in there.

Definitely want to visit this when I get to London and the War Rooms. Thank you very much!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

You are most welcome, Leonard!

Sinead, once again you outdid yourself...why should it shock anyone Sinead is simply amazing... have a great weekend my friend, best wishes, Kandy

Fabulous Sinead 😊🏴‍☠️

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked this one, Alan :)

Hi Sinead.. i was stationed at Chelsea Barracks in 1978 and as a new bloke i was at a loose end one Sunday so decided to take a walk to the IWM.. it was great back then . but now it looks Amazing .. must go again soon.. Thanks for showing us round.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Jay! Glad you liked it :)

Honestly, you are a wonderful tour guide, and the most beautiful thing is walking, sport and saving money💞💝

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

We second that Hanna Sinead

Great video. Thanks

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure, Doreen!

Thanks for the Video 👍😀

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed the video, Harold! If you haven't done so already, you can hopefully check out our back catalogue of virtual London tours kzread.infovideos. There is more where this came from.

looks fantastic

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Thank u Sinead , grate tour and very interesting , iv never seen them butterfly bombs b4

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

That was a new one for us, too!

Glad you visited here Sinead i went there a few years ago and loved it! it looks like they have added some new exhibits so will have to return sometime! when its quiet!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Definitely worth doing, Beverley!

Thanks!

Thank you Sinead for your KZread Tour of the Imperial War Museum. In September I am visiting London at the beginning of the of tour sponsored by the National World War II Muesum, "Band of Brothers" England to the Eagles Nest. While in London I will see Churchill's War Room, the Imperial War Museum, and Chartwell. After London the tour will go to Aldbourne, Normandy Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. Thanks for the sneak peak at the IWM! I am looking forward to my trip!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Wow - that trip sounds amazing! We hope you have a great time :)

Hi Sinead, This video is going to be a good one 👍

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Did it live up to your expectations? :)

Sinead, it’s been awhile since I have watched the shows- what have you done!? You look fantastic !! Informative as always and your charm shining bright!

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Greg your always a pleasure Sinead

The IWM should acquire, from Uruguay, the Reichsadler that was recently recovered from the wreck of the Graf Spee.

Fab stuff !

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed the video! If you haven't done so already, you can hopefully check out our back catalogue of virtual London tours kzread.infovideos. There is more where this came from.

I really enjoyed this video@you have a lovely channel.Have a lovely weekend debs xx....

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

We are glad you're enjoying our work, Debs! x

@debsmostexcellentadventure5353

11 ай бұрын

@@FreeToursbyFootLondon my pleasure you have a lovely channel debs xx

It is an amazing museum to visit.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, Paul!

Very Intresting

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Glad you thought so, Steve :)

I toured this museum when I was in London some years ago. Wonderful to see. I also visited the RAF/Battle of Britain museum, the HMS Belfast, the Maritime Museum and visited several air museums including Duxford. So many great places to visit. p.s. I really enjoyed the aviation section of the Science Museum.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like it was a great trip!

As always excellent tour! I was able to here in March. So was curious to see how I did on my own versus with a professional. Of COURSE would have been better with Sinead! This is a great free museum. Two highlights were the explanation of how WW1 started. And the trenches. Also the cafe is good. And if like me you are not on a data plan they have free WiFi.

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Thank you lovely delighted you enjoyed it Sinead

That was good. Just up my alley…

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, Chuck :)

Thank you I will never make it to this museum but you have given me a great idea as to what it would be like thank you. 🇺🇸

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

So glad we could share it with you :)

I enjoyed your video and subscrbed to view more of your work. I have visited this museum twice while visiting London with the US Navy. I was unable to see everything in 2 visits.I was locked inside on my first visit, as I was in the WI trench display and did not hear the warning about closing. When I was noticed a half hour later, the gentlman was shocked and polite. I plan to visit again and see what I have missed. Thank you for the videos.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel, Richard :)

OUTSTANDING 🤔😔😊👍

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Glad that you enjoyed the video! If you haven't done so already, you can hopefully check out our back catalogue of virtual London tours kzread.infovideos. There is more where this came from.

When I used to live in london I always visited the imperial war museum

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

We are lucky to have so many great museums on our doorstep!

This was a great tour. I was in the army in the USA. I was wondering if you are going to do anymore on the cemetery?

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, more cemeteries to come!

I was there many moons ago

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Time for a revisit?

1 went around it in the late 1970s. Plenty of hardware, but they didn't have the reconstructions back then. Not sure which style I prefer. This portrays a sense of it for those who have not done much reading or other studies. It's a bit primary school level for those who know something about it all.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Fair comments, Andrew. Thank you for sharing!

Looking more Lovelier than ever

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

9 ай бұрын

How lovely of you Thank you Sinead

Luv to see the school kids with pencil pen and paper

hi Sinead air combat duties are known as sorties

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Tony Sinead

Hi, awesome live video tour. I enjoyed it how are you? I'm doing well. Have a great day 😊

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Very well Michelle lovely to hear from you as always Sinead

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@racheljackson4428

11 ай бұрын

Wow. what a incredible War museum. 10/10. my sister Ella would love this museum to death.

My great uncle Fred died in battle of the Somme

@ViN-kr3ri

Жыл бұрын

And sadly the freedoms and way of life your great uncle fought for are fast disappearing.

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Battle of The Somme one of the deadliest battles in British history and all of human history

@joannewall5499

Жыл бұрын

@@leary210275 yes and sadly there are still soldiers missing in action from the battle field

I worked there

Hey Sinead!

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

Hey lovely 👋

Would it be practical to do both the LIWM and HMS Belfast in the same day? If not, which would you recommend as the better choice?

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

29 күн бұрын

Plenty of time for both IWM allow for 3 hours in the morning and HMS in the afternoon x

Why would a Kamakazi need a life raft?

They have Panther and Tiger tank ?

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

10 ай бұрын

Yes they have both :)

♥

McGuiness and Paisley came to be known as the Chuckle Brothers. I met Martin McGuiness once in a pub in Ireland when he was out canvassing with a local Sinn Fein candidate. He seemed quite bored and once he recognised my accent struck up a conservation as he knew I couldn't vote in an Irish Election. We mainly talked about the poor performance of the English Cricket side at the time as they were playing the Australians for the Ashes!

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

A conversation as old as time, Marcus..!!

My Mum lived thru2 world wars i was born in 1944 she told me about 40 days & nights of bombing inLondon

Is it true that the imperial war museum was before the bethlam?

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

It certainly is on the same site as Bedlam

@xvdd1

Жыл бұрын

The former central administration block of the hospital became home to the Imperial War Museum.

Have you done the Army Museum?

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Not yet :)

Crazy that so much British History is stored in the least British area of the country. Get these exhibits travelling around the country to the descendants of our heroes.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Fair comment, Ian!

I really wish I would have made the time to visit when I was in London last summer. Looks like I need another trip!

Lest we forget.🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧🇳🇿

How can I buy you a coffee Sinead?

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

www.buymeacoffee.com/sinead :)

Okara tu caj maren bagejaka

Tell our government this they don’t like our history.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

They're about to go on holiday so probably aren't watching..! ;)

Travelled to London from northern ireland last October got a bus to imperial war museum left bus went into museum and had left purse on bus with money oster card bank card wasnt handed in had to get my daughter to come from Oxford st to rescue me ruined trip to museum

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow - what a palaver, Christine! What a rubbish way too pend you holiday :(

This was a psychiatric hospital before it was a museum.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

You are right, Rachel!

Great video, but it is a Humber, not a Hummer. One was British and the other not.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction, Michael!

I visited the IWM a week after it reopened and hated it, money wasted, I preferred the original museum, adding shops and a lot of pieces that had nothing to with the original concept was just plain stupid a total disappointment, the Jagdpanther was removed & WW2 is more or less bypassed....they have a lot of pieces stored in warehouses that never see the light of day.....the RAF museum is far superior and if you fancy taking the time a trip to Bovington Tank Museum near Weymouth will be far more rewarding.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

We'll have to put those two onto our list!

The Imperial War Museum is a pile of shit compared to what it was before it fell into Michael Ashcroft's hands and he ruined it (remodeling it and taking out whole floors of the building, losing most of the best exhibits and making a whole floor...the Ashcroft Gallery, a vanity project to display his collection of VCs, this from someone who never served, enjoys non dom status to avoid UK taxes and holds citizenship of three nationalities and is a Peer, which is controversial in itself as he is a tax exile....officially, but not exile at all in reality). I used to live near the Imperial and being an ex soldier from a family of soldiers was a regular visitor. I've seen it before and after. Used to be, top three, now it's not even top ten. The building is of as much interest as the museum itself being as it was the famous Bethlehem Insane asylum (Bedlam) where the wealthy used to pay to ogle the lunatics. There should, I feel, be some mention of, or exhibit dedicated to that, in the museum. God the ghosts that must haunt that place. All those weapons that have been used, particularly the WW1 trench fighting weapons.....brutal. And the tormented ghosts of the inmates. Night At The Museum, would be a horror movie if it were set there.

@florislok

Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. I visited the museum twice. Once in 1982 and in october 2022. I was shocked that last time. The only intersting section was WW1. The rest is amateuristic and woke. I expected to see a lot about the Falklands War which was goin on during my first trip to London, but there was nothing besides a hand full of pictures. No uniforms, no weapons, nothing! Nothing about Korea, as if that never happened. Don’t go there. If you really want to see a good museum you have to go to France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Tim! Definitely something to ruminate on.

@curtisphillips1395

10 ай бұрын

I used to love visiting this museum before the refurbishment a decade ago. There was so much to see and learn about. It feels shockingly empty now.

Sorry, I couldn't get past the first big misidentification: that is NOT a German "V-2 rocket". That is a Japanese, Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka", suicide rocket "plane", from late in the Pacific war. Sometimes called the "Baka" or "fool". Given who and what this channel is suposed to be, that is pitiful. They would resemble each other like a shark would resemble a Manta Ray.

@joemurphy601

Жыл бұрын

No, Sinéad is correct. The V2 is standing behind the MXY-7. It is green in colour.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

Жыл бұрын

Guapo I can confirm that the information was according to The IWM guide book and Guide stationed directly beside me that I in fact identified it correctly Obviously I am not an expert on any aspect of the Military ,Military Weapons or Warfare but this I am positive has been identified correctly As for who and what The Channel is supposed to be we are guides but also human and we will make occasional mistakes but thankfully we have good people like yourself to correct us but hopefully not criticise our efforts Sinead

This is a really great museum, but I must say that I liked it much, much, much more the way it was laid out in the 1960's to 1970's. There were so many more exhibits and more varied.

@FreeToursbyFootLondon

4 ай бұрын

You are not alone have heard this so many times Sinead

im sure you are following me about I was there last week lol

Thanks!

@leary210275

Жыл бұрын

James thank you sincerely this is so generous x